Blue Sky Car Wash (Powell)

Best car wash ever! I drive 10 minutes to come to the car wash, but it is always so worth it! Employees are always kind and friendly, and the wash is better than my morning cup of coffee!! Blows moo moo out of the park ;) Love you Blue Sky! Me and my car Samantha will see you again soon!

Fail. Don't go too late in the day, especially on a Saturday when the crew wants to get their Saturday night started, or else you won't get any first-timer instructions. I often read car wash reviews where they go off on all the scratches to their cars, but they never had their drive train undergo seismic activity like I did tonight. Ok, every other automatic car wash I have ever gone to in my life has required that the car be put in park once it is driven up onto the conveyor. And why would I think otherwise since the belt needs traction or else the wheels will just sit and spin and/or drift. Oh and before I get the "There's a neon sign telling you to put it in neutral", yeah sure, I almost saw that but as soon as I made the turn from paying and got to the holding area, the attendant was already there frantically waving his arm (Saturday night knocking at the door) for me to drive up so I had to keep my eyes locked on him while steering it in. At the end, when I eventually guessed right by throwing it into drive and escaped from the belt jerking my car out of alignment, I told another worker out near the dumpster about their haunted fun-house ride and he said, "Didn't the cashier ask you if this was your first time?" I told him, "No, because the cashier lane was closed and I had to go through the lane on the right that was touch-screen only." He said, "Oh that's right. It's after 7:30 and that's when we close down the instruction lane." Ah, so if it's close to quitting time at El Vaquero, no need to tell the guests the plate's hot. And finally he said, "Well I don't think it got hurt. It looks ok to me." Yeah hey, from where I'm standing, your tranny looks ok to me. And after all that, it didn't even do what it was supposed to do. This is just basic dirt, not embedded bug marks. I wipe it with a napkin and it comes right off. But that car wash didn't get it off. And it's no wonder! That had to be the shortest wash cycle ever! It hits you with a couple swipes of the cloth strips and boom, you're out and off to the dry cycle. You can literally see the dry cycle blowers from the start of the wash cycle. Cheap. Plus the car was still wet. So the dryer was horrible too. I just hope my transmission survived and it doesn't start to slip. Wow. Nightmare. If I hadn't guessed to take it out of park, I would still be sitting there on that belt getting my car's gears stripped. One guy's counting the money and the other's taking out the garbage. I literally thought my car had fallen off the belt. Tow trucks were flashing before my eyes because I thought it was bottomed out on the frame. That's how loud the banging was. 9/24/17 : Serious Update! So that review was last night after the "car wash" at around 7:45pm, so there was no sunlight. And so my first clear look at the car was today. MAJOR SCRATCH. And I know this was not pre-existing because it has the shavings of paint on the edges of the scratch that crumble off by just blowing on them. If you don't want to see your investment depreciate in a hurry, AVOID Blue Sky Car Wash in Powell. It's almost comical how they offer 3 levels. Hey, we'll wax coat our carvings to make sure they don't rust. Maybe you have to buy one of the higher packages to get basic service with instructions? They may as well issue a rebuilt title after that. Post Owner Update: CYA and excuses. But expected. That's why I didn't bother bringing it up with you. Video shows an initial unhealthy torque of the front axle. Your sign ~ How can you retain a 'stop' and not drift if it's in 'neutral' on a flat belt? Those plastic strips don't prevent forward motion. Most car washes wedge the wheel between 2 rollers that convey on a track system. Yours does not. Therefore I thought it needed to be in park to prevent drift. And show the very beginning of the video where your 'experienced' worker is waving me in like he wants no part of it ~ major attitude. Not much of a Q&A opportunity. I was the only customer so why the rush? A free car wash? To total it completely?